Hurricane Fran September 1996. Category 3 hurricane strikes North Carolina and Virginia, over 10-inch 24-hour rains in some locations and extensive agricultural and other losses; over $5.0 (5.8) billion damage/costs; 37 deaths.
That said, no one has seen the destruction the Gulf did this summer.
" That said, no one has seen the destruction the Gulf did this summer."
Frankly, I don't like the Katrina crack. Wrong kind of "meanness".